Nintendo World Championships

In 1990 Nintendo held a special video game competition. The competition dubbed Nintendo World Championship was based on scoring points in three Nintendo Entertainment System games within a timelimit of six minutes 21 seconds. The competition was based on the movie The Wizard.

Cartridge

For the competition 116 special game cartridges were manufactured. 90 of these copies exist in a grey cartridge and were given out to winners of the 1990 NWC. 26 of these cartridges are "gold" - like the Legend of Zelda cartridge - and were given out through Nintendo Power Magazine.

This game cartridge is hailed by most collectors to be one of the most rare and sought after cartridges from Nintendo, promo cartridges aside. Recently, a grey cartridge went on eBay and sold for a record $6,100.

Games

A player has six minutes 21 seconds to complete the contest, which is divided up into three minigames. Your first minigame on this competition cartridge is to collect 50 coins in Super Mario Brothers. Next, you play Rad Racer on a specialized Nintendo World Championship course. Finally, you attempt to get the highest score possible in Tetris. Once all three minigames are completed, your score is totaled.

Most players focused their tactic on getting a highscore in Tetris, other players tried to exploit a trick in Super Mario Brothers where a part of the game can be played repeatedly using warp pipes.

External links

• Nintendo World Championship at MobyGames
• Nespit A cartridge owner's website
• AtariHQ has an in-depth look at Nintendo World Championship as well as playing tactics and screen shots.
• The Warp Zone A site with a lot of information about the event instead of the cartridge.